Re: teach their kids how to eat healthy or teach their kids how to eat healthily

I can't thank you too much.

I entirely understood. !!

10-Dec-2012, 21:45

JarekSteliga

Re: teach their kids how to eat healthy or teach their kids how to eat healthily

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Originally Posted by TheParser

Here in the United States, many people simply say, "Eat healthy." Why?

Well, some people think that it is a short way to say "Eat healthy food."

Would a native speaker like yourself be very hard put to make a list of adjectives which (never taking off their own uniforms) "like" to take on the job of adverbs? I suppose any such list should include verbs which they collocate with.

sleep tight
drive safe
eat healthy
think different
...
...

I suppose - in the absence of rules - learners have no option but to learn the list by heart.

10-Dec-2012, 22:20

emsr2d2

Re: teach their kids how to eat healthy or teach their kids how to eat healthily

Quote:

Originally Posted by JarekSteliga

Would a native speaker like yourself be very hard put to make a list of adjectives which (never taking off their own uniforms) "like" to take on the job of adverbs? I suppose any such list should include verbs which they collocate with.

sleep tight
drive safe
eat healthy
think different
...
...

I suppose - in the absence of rules - learners have no option but to learn the list by heart.

In BrE, you'll hear "Sleep tight" but not "Drive safe". We say "Drive safely" or "Drive carefully". If we use "safe", it's in "Safe journey" where "Have a" is omitted at the beginning of the sentence.

10-Dec-2012, 22:52

5jj

Re: teach their kids how to eat healthy or teach their kids how to eat healthily

To me, 'eat healthily' suggests that one would have to eat (chew?) in a healthy manner. It suggests that I would need to floss and (possibly) disinfect my mouth before and after ingesting.